This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/473 Message Board Post: LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO VERIFY THAT JOHN R. BURKS AND MARY A. POPE ARE BURIED IN RAPIDES, LA....................JOHN DIED JAN.31, 1891 AND MARY DIED JULY 12, 1892...............ACCORDING TO INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVED FROM A SOURCE IT SHOWS BOTH DIED IN GRAND BEND, RAPIDES, LA..............I DON'T SHOW GRAND BEND ON MAP...............WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP...................

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/472 Message Board Post: Wednesday, May 12,'04; 8:30-4 Academic Lecture Hall of Tom Reed Academic Center, Copiah-Lincoln Community College-Natchez, 11 CoLin Circle, Natchez $25 workshop, $5 sack lunch(order by May 7) Pre-registration available, but walk-ins welcome Workshop presented by Ulster Historical Foundation of Ireland. See lecture tour info at website http://www.ancestryireland.co.uk Write check for $25 or $30 to Claiborne-Jefferson Genealogical Society, and mail to Glenn Brady, 12362 Magnolia Lane, Clinton, LA 70722 or Write check for $25 or $30 to Natchez Historical Society, and mail to Barbara Haigh, 3464 Hwy.61, Fayette, MS 39069

-----Original Message----- From: Grant A. Van Vranken [mailto:gb234@bresnan.net] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 3:54 PM To: Morgan Edward Johnson Subject: Query: Rapides Parish DATE: Mon Mar 29 13:53:35 2004 NAME: Grant A. Van Vranken EMAIL: gb234@bresnan.net URL: http://www.geocities.com/gvanvranken QRYTEXT: MORGAN I am looking for any information on relatives of mine that lived in Rapides. Marshall Monroe Morgan is my GG uncle. He lived there and is buried there also. His daughter listed his place of burial as "Clearwater, Rapides, Louisiana" I am trying to find out if his father is buried at the same place. His father was Herman B. Morgan (1860- abt 1935) in 1930 Marshall was living in Avoyelles with his wife and two step children, his father and brother. I would like to know if anyone can help me with this family. I would eventually like to order a copy of Herman Morgan's death certificate, but I cannot find out when or where he died except that it was around 1935 and my grandmother thought is was in Bunkie Avoyelles.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Youngblood/Tison/Hogue/Carr/Sparks/Hines Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/283.2 Message Board Post: Is it possible that the Tison family I am looking for is part of yours...John Thomas Tison was born in Covington, La, May 1, 1892. He later moved to Oklahoma and was married to Mattie Bell Carr. The reason I think there is a connection is because the person (Christopher Michael MANGUS ) shows up in the LDS files on a research and I cannot connect anyone to the Mangus family and since in your reply the name is McManus. Have nothing on John Thomas Tison's family except on his children and grandchildren...I was married to a Grandson of John and Mattie Tison, and since they have all passed...I have very little to go on.. thanks, Maquetia Allene Youngblood Tison Wilson

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Hi, Looking for parents and siblings of Wilson A. Hart Sr. According to the 1860 Rapides PArish Census he was from GA and born about 1832. He married Sarah S. Bullock in 1855 Ouachita Parish LA. By 1870 Wilson and Sarah and children were living in Ouachita Parish LA and died in Ouachita Parish LA buried McCormick Cemetery Ouachita Parish LA. Any info would be appreciated. _________________________________________________________________ Get reliable access on MSN 9 Dial-up. 3 months for the price of 1! (Limited-time offer) http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup&pgmarket=en-us&ST=1/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/

You might try the Southwest Louisiana books by Father Hebert. I have found quite a lot there about Rapides parish, even if the parties were/are not Catholic. Often he lists data found in surrounding courthouses on wills, estates or property. I think the LDS has the books/films or CD's if you do not live in LA. Patricia Snyder Shadancer@aol.com

Just wanted everyone to know my email address has changed from phoenix@wonline.net to lisafranklin2004@earthlink.net Thanks Lisa

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/471.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, I figured it was something like that.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/471.1 Message Board Post: During the Red River Campaiagn of the Civil War Federal Troops burned the town of Alexandria on May 13, 1864. This included the courthouse and all its contents.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Green, Martin, West, Harrison Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/471 Message Board Post: I've been looking to confirm the marriage date of these two. I've looked on the FTM's Marriage Index: LA 1718-1925 & cannot locate it. Actually, there's very few marriages before the Civil War on it for Rapides Parish. According to the USGENWEB page for Rapides Parish, Rapides was split from St. Landry Parish. I looked there too. Their first child was born in late 1837, so I'm assuming they were married prior to that. Most of their children settled in Beauregard & Calcasieu Parishes. Thanks!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson, Woodard, Ballard, Miller, Bruno Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WEB.2ACI/470 Message Board Post: Hi Im searching for any help with JOHNSON family. I was told that my JOHNSON family came from around Cheneyville, and that was on my great grandpaws death certificate but found out today that they actually came from Pitkin, Louisiana and moved to Oakdale, Louisiana. My greatgrandpaw is Johnnie (J. L.) Lawrence JOHNSON b. 1893 in Louisiana d. 1981 in Lake Charles, La. He is buried in Greenwood Memorial Cemetery, Pineville, La. He married Gertrude HARROTT daughter of Rose and George HARROTT. On death certificate shows Johnnies father to be Emile JOHNSON was told that a tree landed on him and killed him when Johnnie was real little. On my great grandpaw MILLER death certificate it shows a or looks like C. Z. JOHNSON signed the bottom in Pineville, La. 10/27/1940. Johnnie mother is Ellen WOODARD b. 1868 d. 1933 buried in Oakdale, Cemetery. After the death of Johnnies dad Ellen remarried to Felix Emanuel BALLARD b. 1877 and d. 1936 burried in Oakdale cemetery. Emile and Ellen had! Johnnie, and had Wesley JOHNSON born about 1895. Ellen and Felix had Clarence BALLARD b. abt 1902 in La. and Hillamone BALLARD b. abt 1905, Jimmy BALLARD b. abt 1908-1909. Johnnie had a daughter by ? name Annie JOHNSON b. 1915 d. 1976 buried at Consolata Cemetery, Lake Charles, La. she married Frank BRUNO,b. 1902 d. 1989 also buried at Consolata Cemetery Johnnie had a daughter with Gertrude her name was Helen Edith JOHNSON, she married Winston Ervin MILLER. I haven't been able to find a census with his father on it. But I was given these census on the family. Thirteenth Census of the United States 1910 Population Calcasieu Parish. 488 495 BALLARD Felix head M W 34 M1 9 La. Ms. Ms. English Labor Sawmill BALLARD Ellen wife F W 36 M2 9 5 5 La. FL. FL. English JOHNSON Johnnie stepson M W 17 s La. La. La. English JOHNSON Wesley stepson M W 15 s La. La. La. English BALLARD Clarence son M W 8 s La. La. La. BALLARD Almon son M W 5 s La. La. La. BALLARD Jimmy son M W 1/12s La. La. La. Fourteenth Census for the United States 1920 Population Allen Louisiana Ward 5. 208 167 185 BALLARD Felix head 1 R M W 39 M La. Ms. Ms. Labor Sawmill w 290 BALLARD Ellen wife F W 49 M La. U.S.A. FL. JOHNSON Wesley stepson M W 25 s La. La. La. Labor ? W 148 BALLARD Clarence son M W 18 s La. La. La. Labor Plows Mill W 290 BALLARD Hiltman son M W 14 s La. La. La. JOHNSON Annie Granddaughter F W 4 1/12 La. La. La. Obit for Johnnie Lawrence Johnson Lake Charles-Johnnie Lawrence Johnson, 87, of Lake Charles died at 1:42 a.m. Sunday in Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Cheneyville and a retired machinist with the Olin Corporation. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Habibi Temple Lodge. He was also a past patron of the Justice Chapter No. 238, Order of the Eastern Star. Survivors include his wife, Gertrude Johnson of Lake Charles; one daughter Helen Miller of Pineville; one brother C. D. Ballard of Lake Charles; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Hixson Bros., Pineville, with the Rev. Glen Artt officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park, Pineville. Friends may call at the funeral home today. My grandmother had a phone call from relatives that lives in Baton Rouge, hes 92 years old, when I talked with her she was having a hard time remembering. she has had a stroke so its hard for her at times. She was also saying that one of the family members a long time back moved to Oaklahoma she thinks. Thank you for your time and help with any family information. Belinda doucet_belinda@yahoo.com or doucet_belinda@hotmail.com

Hi List Sorry but my brain must be on vacation! Mrs J W Hilburn was living in RAPIDES Parish NOT Caddo at the time of her mother's death. It was her sister who was living in Caddo. If someone has access to the 1930 Rapides Parish census I would appreciate a look up for J W Hilburn. Thanks ever so much Marguerite

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WEB.2ACI/466.1.1 Message Board Post: Judith hopefully you sent this question to me. The answer is yes. Blanche was married to a Krudop. Daddy was the baby and Aunt Blanche was about two years older. Krudop was a doctor and would have been Aunt Blanche's first husband. She and second husband lived in Alabama and had a daughter. She might have been an only child and according to my sister from our Dad's first marriage she too is deceased. We really do need to get together. We travel on business a great deal but surely we can arrange to meet and compare notes. Would love to hear from you. Call and leave message at 1-800-569-9526. I'll return your call if I'm not in. SDK.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/117.1 Message Board Post: Hi you posted this a couple of years ago so i dont know if you have already gotton your information. I just found out abt my troubled person so i just started looking for this kind of info. My troubled person was sent to the East Louisiana Mental Hospital in Jackson, La. This was in 1880. This was the oldest mental hospital in the state and was i believe the only one at that time. Hope this helps.

If anyone has any info on the following people please help. Tammy Hayes Jacques M Rachal B: abt: 1815-1822 Natchitoches Parish La. Married: 1st-Marie Suzette Helene Derusseau in 1844 in Natchitoches Parish La. Children from that marriage: Olivier Rachal B: Feb. 15, 1845 in Natchitoches Parish La. Marcellen Rachal B: March 17, 1847 in Natchitoches Parish La. Jacques M Rachal's 2nd marriage: Marie Antoinette Roushteau, June 26, 1850 in Natchitoches Parish La. Children from that Marriage are: Jean Baptiste Norbert Rachal B: 1851 in Natchitoches Parish La. Renee Derzelin Rachal B: 1853 in Natchitoches Parish La. Theophile Rachal B: 1856 in Natchitoches Parish La. Jacques Maxent Rachal B: 1858 in Natchitoches Parish La. Marie Carmelite Rachal B: 1861 in Natchitoches Parish La. Jacques M Rachal's 3rd Marriage: Pemmany?? Gibbon (no date) Children from that marriage are: Louis Neverille?? Rachal B: 1868 in Natchitoches Charles Rachal B: Oct. 17, 1870 Possibly the following children: Johnnie Rachal B: 1873 in Natchitoches Parish La. Mack Rachal B: 1875 in Natchitoches Parish La. Pauline Rachal (This could be Olivier's daughter?????) B: 1879 in Natchitoches Parish La.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/468.1 Message Board Post: What year was your Gibson born? Who were her parents? I have Gibsons in Rapides Parish. Hope to hear from you. Thank you, Pam

Billy, In the book "Central Louisiana Families In 1880" there is listed on page 89, a Margaret Gibson, b. 1866, La. and she was living in the Calcasieu Ward. Maybe this is who you are looking for? Jeanne

Delaney Ann Bass born in 1835 married Greene Whittington. He was born in Amite Co MS but died in St.Landry. Do you know who her parents or siblings were?